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12/15/25: A dark weekend as reality collides with denial

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December 15, 2025

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December 15, 2025

12/15/25: A dark weekend as reality collides with denial

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12/15/25: A dark weekend as reality collides with denial

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Summary

-- On the Show

-- A weekend of mass violence spans a Brown University shooting, an antisemitic terror attack in Sydney, and the killing of Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner

-- Sloppy circulation of misleading Jeffrey Epstein related images weakens real accountability by allowing Donald Trump and allies to dismiss verified evidence

-- The Federal Reserve unanimously reappoints regional bank presidents early to protect institutional independence and blunt Donald Trump's influence over interest rates

-- New NBC News polling shows Republican identification with MAGA slipping as economic frustration drives quiet disengagement ahead of the 2026 midterms

-- Kevin Hassett reveals Donald Trump is shielded from bad economic data, leaving him detached from voter reality and worsening Republican electoral losses

-- Donald Trump delivers a rambling Christmas event speech filled with delusions, distractions, and broken promises that leaves the audience visibly uncomfortable

-- Donald Trump repeatedly falling asleep during official meetings raises unavoidable questions about stamina and fitness for future office

-- Erika Kirk refuses to condemn Donald Trump's violent rhetoric during a heavily promoted town hall that collapses into incoherence and low viewership

-- On the Bonus Show: Australia moves to strengthen gun laws after the Bondi Beach shooting, The Washington Post launches an AI-personalized podcast, a JetBlue flight narrowly avoids a collision with a US military aircraft near Venezuela, and much more...

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(00:00) Start (02:02) Weekend of mass violence (09:03) Misleading Epstein images circulate (17:56) Fed protects independence (23:28) GOP support slipping (29:56) Trump shielded from economic reality (37:21) Trump's rambling Christmas speech (46:40) Trump falling asleep in meetings (52:27) Erika Kirk avoids condemning rhetoric

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12/1/25: War crimes begin as demands for Trump's MRI explode

12/2/25: Panic in Tennessee election as Trump spends night posting

12/3/25: GOP failure in TN as Trump sleeps through the whole thing

12/4/25: Another jobs fiasco as 2028 secret plan exposed

12/5/25: Presidency coming apart as economy becomes a nightmare

12/8/25: Pipe bomber, pardons, and a President in decline

12/9/25: Data blackout as MAGA civil war explodes

12/10/25: Trump melts down as Dems win big

12/11/25: Tanker seized by antiwar president as jobs problem grows

12/12/25: Crowds vanishing and prices rising as Trump has terrible week

12/15/25: A dark weekend as reality collides with denial

The economic collapse that is dragging Trump

Trump confidant caught spilling the beans

Trump throws away his presidency and MAGAs cheer

Is Trump's $1776 a bonus or a bribe?

Trump burying the Epstein files with pathetic redactions

Epstein files detonate as damage control launches

Epstein docs accuse Trump as economy in holding pattern

They're quickly losing control of their own lies

Ukraine Russia talks go wrong as Trump decline unavoidable

Another war is starting and Trump's confused about it

Desperation peaks as 2026 isn't looking so good

2026 is already insane

A blockbuster shakeup to the world order

And now the scamming of Americans begins

Trump seizes Russian tanker as impeachment calls grow

Summary